Machinery or apparatus for dividing, shaping, working, or dressing stone.



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MACHINERY 0R APPA RAT USFU R DIVIDING, SHAPING, WORKING, 0B DRESSING STOKE.

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UNI ED S E PATENT OFFICE.

FARoun A-R MATHESON MoLART-Y, or GREENOCK, scoT'LAND.

MACHINERY ORAPPARATUS FOR DIVIDING, SHAPING, WORKING, 0R DRESSING STONE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,767, dated. J une 12, 1900.

Application filed Januar 2, 1 00. Serial miss. fun model.)

To (LZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FARQUHAR MATHESON MCLARTY, mechanical engineer, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain and Ireland, and a resident of 52 Forsyth street, Greenock, Scotland, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Machinery or Apparatus for Dividing, Shaping, Working, or Dress.- ing Stone and the Like, (for which I have applied for a British patent, No. 7,520, dated April 10, 1899,) which invention is fully set forth in the following specification.

My invention hasforits object to provide a machine or apparatus with alternative attachments for dividing, shaping, Working, or dressing stone and the like (I will refer to it as stone) with great facility, rapidity, and

economy in time and labor.

My invention is more especially intended,

for use for operating with tools or cutters working in accordance with the system described in' my United States of America Pate.

which can be'tra'versed when necessary transversely to the direction of the movement of the tools'either to move the table intermittently to as small an extent as maybe desirable to feed the work as the operation of dressing or facing proceeds or to move the table ripidly in either direction to bring the work a stone-clamping device.

place on the table. I showing the connection through which screw described with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which Figures 1 and l represent in side elevation, and Figs. 2 and 2 in plan, a stone-dressing machine constructed according to my invention, and Fig. 3 is an endelevation of the same- Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view of the of the gearing and connections for driving shaft 01 from shaft 02 for imparting vertical ;movements to theholders for the cutters or dressing-tools. Figs-.14 and 15 are detail views of the mechanism for moving cam Z vertically on shaft G and for imparting movement from said cam to shaft L. Figs. 16, 17, and 18 are detail views of the mechanism for shifting the belts m and m. Fig. 19 is a detail view illustrating the manner of applying thedevices for securing a piece of stone in Fig. 20 is a detail view f imparts vertical movement to the plates 1),

which carry the holders for the cutters. Fig. '21 is a vertical sectional view through one of the holders shown in Fig. 7, and Fig. 22 is a sectional detail View clearly illustrating one of the troughs V and its splash-board V.

I A is a base on which the mechanism is carried, the said base being preferably, though notnecessarily, in the form of a cross in plan, parts being built up by removable pieces B, so that the size of the said base can be increased and reduced as required. Bolted to standards C C supporting girders D, constituting bearers and guides for a saddle-piece E, to which the t0olho1der bar E is attached, while the standards O 0 support girders D, to which are attached, by brackets D girders D forming bearers and guides for the '95 this base are standards 0, O and C, the

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rear end of 'an'ar-m. F, through which motion is conveyed to the saddle-piece E. Between the standards O 0 on each side of the machine are diagonal girders or struts G which carry bearings for transverse shafts or rods hereinafterdescribed. The saddle E has rollers a, Fig. 2, whichrun on the girders D, and

to the said saddle are fixed vertical platesb, to the lower end of which the tool-holder bar E is attached, the said saddle also carrying helical wheels 0, change-wheels d, and miterpinions .e and fiby which the tools'are raised a and lowered. The pinionfhas a feather (see Fig. 3) which can slidealong a keyway in a a shaft or spindle g, through which spindle and thegearing f e c d motion of rotation is imparted to vertical screws f, which work in nuts (see Fig. 20) carried by the slide-plates b, and thus raise or lower the said plates according to the direction in which the screws f are turned. The saddle-piece E also carries part of the mechanism for supplying water to the work, this part of the mechanism being omitted from the main views of the apparatus to prevent confusion, the said mecha'nism being shown in a separate diagrammatic view of the apparatus in Fig. 4.

dle-E by an adj ust-able crank-pin h, carried on afly-wheel G on the main shaft G, which is mounted in bearings i. This shaft carries a fast pulley H and a loose pulley or drum] H and. is driven by a strap H from any suitable motor, passing around the pulley H. The

crank-pin it works within a block h,which engages and slides to and fro in a transverse slot k in the arm F when the wheel G is rotated, the said crank-pin imparting reciproeating motion tothe said arm. The pin h and block h are adjustable by means of a screw 71. nearer to or farther from the axis of the wheel G, as required, to vary the stroke of the sa-dddle-piece E. The arm F is provided at F with guide blocks or rollers which run-on the-guides or girders D and support the-principal weight of the said arm.

I is the table on which the stone to be cut or dressed is supported, the said table being mounted on rollers I, carried in bearings l on the base A, on which rollers the table can be traversed to and fro to move the stone carried thereby into position beneath the cutting=tools. Travel-sing movement is given to the table I by means of a pinion K, gearing with a rack Kon the under side of the said table. The said pinion K is fast on a horizontal shaft K mounted in bearings 70, Fig. 1, on the base A, -on which shaft is a wormwith a worm k on a shaft arranged at right angles to the sh'aft'K in suitable bearings on k on a stud k, on which stud is another pinion 70 in gear with a wheel 70 on a shaft is,

arranged parallel to. the shaft the said gearing 70 k, k, 10 and k constituting a Beciprocating movements are given to the sad-" system of multiple gearing for varying the speed of traverse of the table. The shaft 10* is driven, by means of miter-wheels 70 from a vertical shaft L, on which is fixed a ratchetwheel 1*, with which a pawll (shown in Figs. 2", 14, and 15) engages, the said pawl being carried on an arm or lever Z, loosely mounted on the said shaft L and operated bya pair of rods 1", carrying tappets Z which are acted on by a cam Z on the shaft G; on which shaft the said cam is free to slide, but is caused to rotate therewith. The cam Z is timed so as to impart to the table I, through the gearing herein before descr'ibed,an intermittent movement at the completion of each stroke of the saddle E. When a rapid continuous movement of the table is required instead of short intermittent movements, the cam Z is slid along its shaft by means of a handle I, Figs. 3 and 14, out of range of the tappet 1 0p the rods Z and the strap H is shifted, by means of the strap-shifter L, Fig. 1, from the fast pulley H onto the loose pulley or drum H.

Passing around an extension 11* of the loose loose nullev m so that while the straps are in this position the drum H can be rotated by the band 11 without giving motion to the table I. The straps m mt are engaged by a strap-shifter m", which can 'beoperated by means ofya 1eVeP-h3J1d16/HZ so as to shift the said straps m and m in either direction, ac-

cording to'the direction the table I is required -to travel, and pass one or the other of the said straps from the loose pulley m or m as the case may be, onto the fast pulley.m,whereu'pon motion will be transmitted through the gearing hereinbefore described to the shaft K and shifter is centered atm and is connected at 1m as shown-in Figs. 16,17, and 18, to one end of a rod m", the opposite end of which rod is connected to an arm m on a rock-shaft m",

.on which is another arm m connected at its :outer end to the belt-shifter m The lever- .ihandle m bears against a bracket m, having therein three holes mu, into either of which a pin passed through a hole in the leyer-handle m can be inserted to retain the said lever-handle in the position to which it has been moved to shift the belts, m is a weighted lever to'bal'an ce the weight of the belteshifter.

Assuming that the workhas been brought into position beneath the cutters, the straps m 'm are shifted onto the loose pulleys m m on the shaft L and the driving-strap H is shifted onto the fixed pulley H to'drive the saddle and tool-holder, and if the stone is to be out downward the cam Z which effects the intermittent movement of the table 1, is also moved out of range of the tappets Z on the rods Z so that the table I, sup porting the stone, will remain stationary. The tool-holder bar Eis caused to descend intermittently'that is, at the end of each stroke of the saddle Eso as to cause the cutter to cut deeper and deeper at each succeeding stroke of the said saddle. To effect the intermittent descent of the tool-bar, a cam n similar to the cam Z is mounted, by means of a spline engaging a groove in the shaft, (see Fig. 15,) so as to turn with, but free to slide on, the shaft G',.the said cam 7t being moved, by means of a lever n into position to act on tappets 72, mounted on a pair of rods n parallel to the rods Z in connection with thetable-moving mechanism. The mechanism here described with reference to cam n and shown in Figs. 1 and 3 is substantially the same as the corresponding mechanism with reference to cam Z (except that the latteris moved downwardlyinstead of upwardly into operative position,) which is illustrated in detail in Figs. 14 and 15. Each pair of rods Z and n is provided with springs Z and n respectively, which maintain the tappets Z and n in contact with their respective cams Z and n. The rods n are connected to a lever a, mounted looselyon a shaft of and carrying a pawl 771 in gear with a ratchet-wheel 71", fast on the said shaft, (see Figs. 1 and 2%) so that as the main shaft G rotates the cam n, acting on the tappets n, causes the pawln at each halfrotation of the shaft G to impart, through the wheel 71', partial rotation to the shaftn Near thelowerend of the shaft 71, isa spur-wheel a (see Figs. 12 and 13,) gearing with a pinion n on a stud n flwhich carries another spur-wheel n gearing with a wheel 01? on a short vertical shaft 41 this gearing n to n constituting a system of multiple gearing. On the lower end of the shaft 71 is a bevel-wheel at, in gear with a corresponding wheel 12 on a horizontal shaft n, which also carries another bevel-wheel n", in gear with a corresponding wheel n on a horizontal shaft 71", arranged at right angles to the shaft 71 On the other shaft 41 is a bevel-wheel n gearing with a corresponding wheel 01 on the lower end of a vertical shaft 02, on the upper end of which shaft is a bevel-wheel n (see Fig. 3,) gearing with a similar wheel 72 on the shaft g, hereinbefore described, through which and the gearing f e 0 (Z the vertical screws f are rotated to raise and lower the tool-holder bar E. On the shaft 12 are fast and loose pulleys 0 0 around which passes a driving-strap o from the extension H of the loose pulley or drum H on the shaft G. On the shaft of is a hand-wheel 0 by which the raising and lowering of the tool-holder bar can be effected by hand without throwing the arm F out of action; but when it is required to rapidly raise the said tool-holder bar the pulleys H H can be coupled together and then the strap 0 l and n are mounted on a stud p, (see Figs.

1, 14, and 15,) and the said levers are connected by rods or bars 1) to arms 19 on rods or shafts p mounted in bearings carried on the struts G on which shafts are other arms 19", engaging in annular grooves in the bosses of the cams Z and n, so that by means of the levers Z and n either cam can, as required, be brought into position to act on their respective tappets l n.

The cutting-tools shown on the drawings are of the kind described in my United States patent hereinbefore referred to and j are mounted in holders adj ustably secured to the tool-bar holder E; but other kinds of tools may be employed, according to the material to be acted on and the speed of the machine may be regulated as required. In Figs. 7 and 21 two kinds of cutters are shown as being carried by the same tool-holder bar E, those lettered q being surfacing-cutters and those lettered q being grooving or dividing cutters. The cutters q are shown in clusters mounted to rotate on spindles carried in plates g each of which is centered to a frame g supported on screws (1 carried by the toolholder bar E, secured to the vertical slidable plates 1). (See Fig. 2.) The frames (1 are adj ustable along the screws (1 and fixable in position by nuts (1 The plates Q2 are each angularly adjustable on the frame (1 and they can be fixed in their adjusted position by nuts q", screwing onto bolts on the frame Q3, which bolts pass through curved slots g in the plate g Each cutter q is mounted so as to be free to rotate on a stud q on a plate q the said plate being adjustably fixed to the frame (1 by a bolt and nut q, the bolt having a dovytail-shaped head fitting a correspondingleshaped groove in the frame g (see Fig. 7,) so that the plate g may by means of the bolt and nut q be fixed in its adjusted position.

The stone to be operated on by the cutters is supported on the table I, the said table being provided on its upper surface with dovetail grooves 11, in which are inserted adjustable blocks 2', Figs. 1 and 19, on which the stone bears. The grooves 2" receive bolts for securing to the table clamping devices such as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 on a large scale for holding the stone in position. Each clamping device comprises a frame r, in which is revolubly' mounted a screw-threaded nut r, engaging a screw 0*, to which is secured a head or plate 0*, carryiu g split clamping-sockets r, in which are adjustably secured pointed or chisel-ended dogs 1 which are forced into contact wit-h the stone or with a plate inter- IIO posed between the stone and the points of the 'd'ogsb'y turning the nut 'r".

The machine is provided with an arrangement for supply-ing water or other fluid to y the tools to keep them 0001 and to the stone to drive away debris, the said arrangement,

being shown in Fig. 4, and consistsof a suppossibility of excessive pressure. The supply-pipe u is provided with telescopic 'a'r-' rangements 11/ /111 to enable theconnection ber tween/the said pipe and the tool-carrier and i adjacent reciprocating parts to be constantly maintained throughout their various posii tions. The various bearings and parts which would be liable to injury by grit or other d-ele- 1 terious matter from the stone being'operated on are protected by deflectingor guard plates o Fig. 1, which divert thegrit and the like 1 from the said parts, and on the ends of the I table I troughs V are provided, (see Figs. 2 and 22,) intowhich water supplied to the stone can enter and be conducted thereby sidewise clear of the machine. Splash-boards V of any suitable height may beinserted in the troughs to prevent fluid splashing from In addition to the guards or the machine. shield-plates 1;, arranged over the bearings of the rollers I, on which the table I travels, the ends of the axles of these rollers are each and 3,) which are caused by bolts o to press bushes 41 in which the axles of the rollers turn, close against the said rollers, so as to prevent the possibility of grit gaining'access to the bearings.

Figs. 8 and 9 represent in vertical section and plan, respectively, an arrangement for stoppingthe machine at any part of the stroke of the tools, or cutters, thesaid arrangement consisting of a trough-shaped band G surrounding the fiy-wheel G, the said band being made in two semicircular parts having lugs G internally screw-threaded,with which engage right and left handed screw-threads on shafts G 0n each of the shafts G is a.

bevel-wheel G in gear with a 'similar'wheel G ona vertical shaft G which shafts may be rotated by hand by means of a hand-wheel G mounted on either ofthe vertical shafts G which shafts are geared together by miter-wheels and horizontal shaft G band G is supported and prevented from rotating by means of lugs or brackets D", projecting from or secured to the girders D'and engaging with projections G on the exterior of the band G The band G would in the event of the fracture or breakage of the I declare that what I claim is 1. "In a machine for cutting or dressing stone The lj'ustable on the screws, means for retaining the said frames in position, on thescrews, tool-carrying plates adjustable on the said frames, a table for supporting the material to be operated on, rollers on which the table ion before mentioned, for impartingcontinuous motion to the table, a second cam on the i main shaft, a counter-shaft, ratchet-gear on r the counter-shaft in operative connection covered by a plate or cap 22, (see Figs. 1, 2,

screws for transmitting motion from the said counter-shaft to the tool-holder, mechanism for rendering the cam inoperative, fast and loose pulleys on the said counter-shaft, a belt for the said pulleys for imparting continuous movement to the counter-shaft, a shifter for the belt, grip for the material to be operated on, means for adjusting the grips onthe table and up to the material, and means for directing fluid onto the material and the tools, substantially as hereinbefore described.

2. In a machine for cutting ordressin g stone or the like, the combination with a reciprocatory tool-carrier, of means for imparting reciprocating motions thereto, the said means comprising a fly-wheel and means for driving the same, a crank on the fly-wheel, a longitudinally-movable arm connected with the arm is movablelongitudinally but which prevent lateral movement thereof.

3. In a machine for cutting ordressing stone or the like, the combination with a work-car- Zrying table, of means for imparting traverswheelG prevent the parts from being thrown ing movement thereto comprising a main continuously-rotating driving-shaft, a countershaft and means for driving the table therefrom, two independent connections between the driving and counter shafts, one for im- P parting a continuous rapid movement to the latter in either direction and-the other for or other material, the combination of a rigid 1 main frame, a vertical driving-shaft, a flyimparting a slow intermittent feed movement thereto, and means for throwing said connections into and out of operation.

4:. In a machine for cutting or dressing stone or the like, the combination with a work-oarrying table, a rack on the table, a main driving-shaft and means for rotating the same, a counter-shaft, a pinion engaging the rack on the table, and gearing for driving the pinion from the counter-shaft; of means for rotatin g the counter-shaft to impart continuous reciprocating movements to the table in either direction, said means comprising fast and loose pulleys on the counter-shaft, a pulley on the main driving-shaft, crossed and open belts on said pulleys, and a shifter for the belts; and means for intermittently rotating the counter-shaft from the main shaft to impart intermittent feed movement to the table.

5. In amachine forcutting ordressing stone or the like the combination with a work-carrying table of means for imparting intermittent movements thereto comprising a main driving-shaft, a cam on the said shaft, tappet mechanism operated by the cam, a countershaft, pawl-and-ratchet gear operatively connecting the counter shaft and the tappet mechanism, a system of gearing in operative connection with the counter-shaft, a pinion in operative connection with the gearing, and a rack on the Work-carrying table engaging with the said pinion, substantially as herein set forth.

6. In a machine for cutting or dressing stone or the like, the combination with a work-carrying table, a main shaft and a cam on the shaft, and intermediate mechanism for imparting intermittent movements to the said table, of lever mechanism for moving the cam axially on the shaft into and out of its operative positions: substantially as set forth.

7. In a machine for cutting or dressing stone or the like, the combination with a horizontally-reciprocating carriage and means for reciprocaiing the same, of a tool-carrier vertically movable on said carriage and means for imparting continuous vertical movement thereto, comprising a main driving-shaft, a belt-pulley on the said shaft, a counter-shaft, fast and loose pulleys thereon, a belt for the said pulleys, ashifter for the belt, a system of gearing in operative connection with the counter-shaft, screws engaging with the toolcarrier the said screws .bei ng in operative connection with the gearing substantially as set forth.

8. In a machine for cutting ordressing stone or the like the combination with a horizontally-reciprocatin g carriage and means for reciprocating the same, of a tool-carrier vertically movable on said carriage and means for imparting intermittent vertical movement thereto, comprising a main driving-shaft, a cam on the said shaft, tappet mechanism operated by the said cam, a counter-shaft, pawland-ratchet gear operatively connecting the counter-shaft and the tappet mechanism, a system of gearing in operative connection with the counter-shaft and screws engaging with the toolcarrier in operative connection with the gearing as herein set forth.

9. In a machine for cutting or dressing stone,

or the like, the combination with a reciproeating tool-carrier, a main shaft, and a cam on the shaft and intermediate mechanism actuated thereby for imparting intermittent movements to the said tool-carrier, of lever mechanism for moving the cam axially on the shaft into and out of its operative positions substantially as set forth.

10. In a machine for cutting or dressing stone or the like, the combination with a reciprocating work-carrying table, rollers supporting the same, and an axle and bearings for each roller, of guard'plates for preventing access of dirt and grit to said bearings, one above the bearing at each end of the axle and projecting into a recess in the side of the roller, and one secured over each end of the axle Where it projects through the bearings.

ll. In a machine for cutting or dressing stone or the like the combination with a worktable a gripping device for holding the work on the table comprising a bracket fixable to the table, a screw-threaded nut revoluble in the bracket a screw-threaded rod engaged by the nut, a plate or disk carried by the rod split sockets on the plate or disk and chisel ended or pointed studs clamped in the sockets substantially as set forth. Y

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FARQUHAR MATHESON MCLARTY.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM FREDERICK UPTON, PERCY READ GOLDRING. 

